Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : SUMMERS, Montagu. - The Marquis de Sade, a study in algolagnia [Publication No. 6. The British Society for the study of sex psychology]

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SUMMERS, Montagu. The Marquis de Sade, a study in algolagnia [Publication No. 6. The British Society for the study of sex psychology] Lomdon: Battley Bros., [1920].

8vo (215 × 136 mm), pp. 23, [1], stapled in the original wrappers. Staples rusty.

First edition. The British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology (BSSSP) was founded in 1913, ‘to advance a particularly radical agenda in the field of sex reform, based on the writings of gurus such as [Edward] Carpenter and [Havelock] Ellis’ (Hall, ‘“Disinterested Enthusiasm for Sexual Misconduct”, The British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology, 1913-47’, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct. 1995), pp. 665-686.

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